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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "your urgent reply" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
• This email message is a "dying widow" scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs Gloria Caldwell" <mrsgloriacaldwell5@gala.net>
Reply-To: mrsgloriacaldwell58@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2008 14:41:11 +0100
Subject: MESSAGE FROM GLORIA CALDWELL:


DEAR BELOVED FRIEND,

I AM MS GLORIA CALDWELL, A WIDOW TO LATE RICHARD CALDWELL. I AM 58YEARS OLD,
I AM NOW A NEW CHRISTIAN CONVERT, SUFFERING FROM LONG TIME CANCER OF THE
BREAST, FROM ALL INDICATION MY CONDITIONS IS REALLY DETERIORATING AND IT IS
QUITE OBVIOUS THAT I WILL NOT LIVE MORE THAN SIX MONTHS, ACCORDING TO MY
DOCTORS, THIS IS BECAUSE THE CANCER STAGE HAS GOTTEN TO A VERY BAD STAGE. MY
LATE HUSBAND RAN INTO THE HANDS OF THE REBELS AND WAS KILLED DURING THE
CRISIS, HERE IN COTE D'IVOIRE AND DURING THE PERIOD OF OUR MARRIAGE WE COULD
NOT PRODUCE ANY CHILD.

MY LATE HUSBAND WAS VERY WEALTHY AND AFTER HIS DEATH, I INHERITED ALL HIS
BUSINESS AND WEALTH. THE DOCTORS HAS ADVISED ME THAT I MAY NOT LIVE FOR MORE
THAN SIX MONTHS, SO I NOW DECIDED TO DIVIDE THE PART OF THIS WEALTH, TO
CONTRIBUTE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHURCH, MOSQUE AND HEART CARE
FOUNDATION OR ANY THING THAT WILL GENERATE HAPPINESS TO THE
CHILDREN OF GOD IN AFRICA, AMERICA, ASIA, AND EUROPE. I PRAYED OVER IT, I AM
WILLING TO DONATE THE SUM OF $3.200, 000MILLION U.S DOLLARS, TO THE LESS
PRIVILEGED. PLEASE I WANT YOU TO NOTE THAT FUND IS LYING IN A BANK AND UPON
MY INSTRUCTION, MY ATTORNEY, WHO PRESENTLY IS IN AFRICA DISTRIBUTING RELIEF
MATERIALS TO BOMBAST IN SIERRA-LEONE, WILL FILE IN AN APPLICATION FOR THE
TRANSFER OF THE MONEY IN YOUR NAME.

LASTLY, I HONESTLY PRAY THAT THIS MONEY WHEN TRANSFERRED WILL BE SURE FOR
THE SAID PURPOSE, BECAUSE I HAVE COME TO FIND OUT THAT WEALTH ACQUISITION
WITHOUT CHRIST IS VANITY.MAY THE GRACE OF OUR LORD JESUS THE LOVE OF GOD AND
THE FELLOWSHIP OF GOD BE WITH YOU AND YOUR FAMILY, I AWAIT YOUR URGENT
REPLY.



I WAIT FOR YOUR REPLY
YOURS IN CHRIST
MRS. GLORIA CALDWELL

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